I've had this recipe saved in my Pinterest account for a long time now. I remember reading the steps when I first Pinned it and thinking "this is way too much work"! So I saved it and never really looked at it again...until about 2 days ago. Our family woke up to some very sad news, that our dear friend Rosalee had passed away. She was always full of energy and in good spirits, she was happy and healthy, and then one day, she found out she had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She had been suffering for a while and then we got the news. I had a heavy heart the morning I pulled out this recipe and I thought to myself that I'd make this recipe with all of its steps as way of dealing with the sad news.
This cake has so many steps because it's meant to be light and airy, sweet and tart, all at the same time. I thought it was a perfect way to deal with my feelings, and the little one wanted to help! This was my first time making a meringue and actually folding it into the cake batter. It was also one of the very few times I actually made my own cream cheese frosting. I almost ALWAYS skip this part and just buy the frosting because it's so much easier. I decided today to go through all of the steps and do it all :)
The cake actually turned out to be fabulous! I love that it had lemon and Rosemary that I was able to grab right out of my garden!
Here is the Pinterest recipe I followed:
http://bakerbettie.com/fluffy-lemon-rosemary-layer-cake/
Here are pics of all of the steps:
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| The completed cake!!! |
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| Our friend Rosalee, May she Rest in Peace |
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| Out of the oven |
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| Batter with meringue folded in |
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| Batter - the green specs are the Rosemary |
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| Meringue with stiff peaks |
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| Deena helping me out!!! |
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